Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:21:04 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Sean Noonan <snoonan@snoonan.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PROB: building ports when /usr/ports is a symbolic link? Message-ID: <20011029082104.C35710@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <KIEPJNLEBFIFHLFBELKMOEKEEFAA.snoonan@snoonan.com>; from snoonan@snoonan.com on Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 12:56:19PM -0800 References: <KIEPJNLEBFIFHLFBELKMOEKEEFAA.snoonan@snoonan.com>
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On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 12:56:19PM -0800, Sean Noonan wrote: > I have several FreeBSD boxes and I don't want to cvsup the ports collection > on all of them, only one of them. I've created a symbolic link on the box > that does not have a real /usr/ports directory to the ports directory on the > box that actually has a /usr/ports directory (e.g., cd /usr ; ln -s > portspc:/usr/ports /ports). Are all the machines at the same LAN? In that case I would share it via NFS. If they are all over the world, I would make the packages on one system and distribute them from there. Just my 2 cents, Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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